With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.

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The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face.

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Global data and statistics, research and publications, and topics in poverty and development

We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress.

The mission of our Office is to contribute to the World Bank Group (WBG)' s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. We promote high-quality Bank advice, projects and programs, efficiently delivered to client countries. We also seek the highest standards of governance within the Bank.

Our Office is supportive of the WBG Strategy and the accompanying reform process, including efforts to increase the Bank Group’s financial reach and drive greater collaboration between the Group’s public and private arms. We place a high priority on the smooth implementation of the change process, and seek to ensure that the highest standards of services continue to be delivered to all of the Bank’s clients, including its smaller members.

The Executive Director is currently serving as the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee (HRC) (pdf). Our Office includes the Executive Director, the Alternate Executive Director, three Senior Advisors and four Advisors. Most of these staff are appointed on the nomination of constituency countries on a rotating basis agreed upon by those countries.

The organizations that make up the World Bank Group are owned by the governments of member nations, which have the ultimate decision-making power within the organizations on all matters, including policy issues.

The Boards of Directors consist of the World Bank Group President and 25 Executive Directors acting as a unit to consider and decide on loans, credits and grants; private sector support, political risk guarantees, policies and strategic issues.

Our Executive Director and the Office represent the views and interests of our constituency countries at the Bank's Executive Board. We inform and advise our constituency countries on issues relevant to them.

We implement our mission by (a) ensuring that the Bank hears the voice and understands the interests of our constituency in its policy development and operational decisions; (b) advocating policies and implementation practices that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Bank; (c) encouraging the Bank to engage actively with our constituency members; (d) assisting our constituency members to engage actively with the Bank with the view to increase the understanding among constituency members of the Bank’s policies and activities; (e) assisting coordination between the development-assistance programs of the Bank and donors to the developing member countries of our constituency; and (f) facilitating contacts between politicians, officials, businesses, community associations and academics in constituency countries and the Bank.

Member countries are allocated votes at the time of membership and subsequently for additional subscriptions to capital. Votes are allocated differently in each organization.

IBRD: Each member receives votes consisting of share votes (one vote for each share of the Bank's capital stock held by the member) plus basic votes (calculated so that the sum of all basic votes is equal to 5.55 percent of the sum of basic votes and share votes for all members).

IFC: Each member receives votes consisting of share votes (one vote for each share of IFC's capital stock held by the member) plus basic votes (calculated so that the sum of all basic votes is equal to 5.55 percent of the sum of basic votes and share votes for all members).

IDA: Each member receives the votes it is allocated under IDA replenishments according to the rules established in each IDA replenishment resolution. Votes consist of subscription votes and membership votes.

MIGA: Each member receives votes consisting of share votes (one vote for each share of MIGA's capital stock held by the member) plus parity votes,calculated so that the aggregate number of votes of category 1 and category 2 members is the same. Members choose which category they want to join at the time of membership. Category 1 members were originally defined as developed countries and category 2 members as developing countries.

Information concerning current and past of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association(IDA) projects can be found using the World Bank’s Project Database. To visualize the Bank's operations, you can also take advantage of Mapping for Results, an innovative site that geocodes Bank's projects worldwide.

Information concerning current and past IBRD and IDA projects can be found using the World Bank’s Project Database. To visualize the Bank's operations, you can also take advantage of Mapping for Results, an innovative site that geocodes Bank's projects worldwide.

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The World Bank has conducted a Financial Capability and Inclusion Survey in Morocco. It provided key diagnostics, quantifiable and concrete targets, and assess effectiveness of future financial capability enhancing programs.